Exam 16: Psychology Applied to Work

Today, ________ industrialized nations have developed legislation to guard against employment practices that otherwise would be considered discriminatory.

Research suggests that people who work in teams are ________ satisfied with their work and ________ productive.

The formal and informal rules, procedures, and expectations that define the values, attitudes, beliefs, and customs of an organization is called organizational ________.

In the 1990s, of all new additions to the workforce in the U.S., about ________ percent were women.

In a functional job analysis, jobs are rated according to ________ basic dimensions.

In general, the most effective combination of predictors for job performance includes each of the following except a(n) ________.

A personnel director decides to use an objective test to measure which job applicants will be most likely to engage in counterproductive behavior in the workplace. She would be best served using a(n) ________.

Conscientiousness is a valid predictor of job performance ________.

The theory that worker motivation depends on the relationship between personal effort expended and rewards received when compared to that of other workers is ________ theory.

Professionals working in the subfield of ________ psychology are involved with managing human resources in organizations.

The step in assessing an organization's training needs in which the knowledge, skills, and current performance of workers to determine who needs additional training is examined is the ________ analysis step.

Job ________ is determined by the degree to which employees feel their expectations about their jobs are met.

Edson constantly tells offensively sexist jokes in front of the women with whom he works. He also teases them about their clothing and their bodies, and keeps pictures of nude centerfolds posted in his office. His behavior is an example of ________ sexual harassment.

Teachers, managers, nurses, and other professionals who do work that cannot be numerically counted are most likely to be evaluated using a(n) ________ appraisal system.

People who score high on a test of conscientiousness turn out to be better workers than those who score low on the test. This test can be said to have high ________.

An appraisal method that relies on judgments about the quality of work an employee contributes are known as a(n) ________ appraisal system.

Edson offers his female secretary a raise and promotion in return for having sex with him. His behavior is an example of ________ sexual harassment.

Assessing an organization's training needs is a ________ step process.

A sense of fairness in the workplace is known as ________.

The step in assessing an organization's training needs in which the job duties that can be addressed through training are identified and the KSAOs required to perform those tasks successfully are examined, is the ________ analysis step.